Neenchelys microtretus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Neenchelys microtretus at www.fishbase.org. It was described by R.C. Bamber in 1915.Bamber, R. C., 1915 (30 Sept.) [ref. 172] Reports on the marine biology of the Sudanese Red Sea, from collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., D.Sc., F.L.S. XXII. The Fishes. The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology v. 31 (no. 210): 477-485, Pl. 46. It is a marine, temperate, water-dwelling eel which is known from the Red Sea, in the western Indian Ocean.
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